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Topic: Booting image from USB stops in the middle of the process (Read 923 times)

I am trying to install 17.1 from a USB stick (serial image). It seems to boot up for a while, lots of messages, but then stops at "Trying to mount root". It just hangs there and stops responding. Any ideas?

I've seen this error a few times myself (not with OPNsense mind you). I don't know if there are other causes but here is what I ran into in case it helps.

1. Bad USB stick. They are not all alike and some work better than others. Whenever I am going to boot off a usb i stick to the SanDisk Ultra Fit and the Lexar Jumpdrive S45. SanDisk is an old standby but the Lexar is faster. I've installed everything on these without an issue.

2. What did you use to create the USB boot drive? I've found that some applications work well with certain images (and even certain versions of the same image) then others. Try a different applixcation.

I got it figured out. It was probably my mistake. I've used the serial image but ran the installation through a VGA connected monitor. Apparently only the first bits of the boot process are shown on the monitor and then it seems to switch over to serial console. I was able to SSH into it (SSH headless install).